The Catholic Sun

Standing up with faith communities in support of migrants who cross the border illegally has long been an interreligious effort in southern Arizona. During a five-day Social Action Summer Institute at the University of Arizona in June, Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Archbishop Jose Ulises Macias Salcedo of Hermosillo, Mexico, and current and former leaders of Protestant, Jewish and Episcopal congregations laid out what motivates their efforts and how their communities take on different aspects of aiding and advocating for immigrants.

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The chain-link fence on the corner of 6th and East Z streets is covered with photographs and notes and American flags. The 300-foot makeshift memorial honors the 19 hotshot firemen who lost their lives battling the Yarnell Hill fire June 30.

CAMP VERDE — A new partnership with a local pastor brought a distinctively Catholic voice to a nearly 40-year-old Christian home for adults with developmental disabilities.

Freedom, according to Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, does not come from a government. It comes from God. “A government acts wrongly when it coerces its citizens to violate their consciences or pay a heavy price and penalty for faithfully following it,” he said in his June 22 homily at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted celebrated a July 3 Mass in the Diocesan Pastoral Center chapel with the chancery staff a day after the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.

Pope Francis offered prayers for the people touched by the tragic July 6 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, said the Vatican secretary of state.

The Catholic Health Association said it would help its members implement the final rules on women's access to contraceptive coverage set by the federal Department of Health and Human Services using an accommodation as outlined by HHS for religious employers who are morally opposed to providing such coverage but are not exempted.

Before saying a word publicly, Pope Francis made the sign of the cross and tossed a wreath of white and yellow flowers into the Mediterranean Sea in memory of the estimated 20,000 African immigrants who have died in the past 25 years trying to reach a new life in Europe.

With retired Pope Benedict XVI sitting next to him, Pope Francis formally recited separate prayers to consecrate Vatican City to St. Joseph and to St. Michael the Archangel.